Flaaffy 77/165 · Expedition Base Set

Flaaffy is Pokédex #180, generation 2 (Johto). Flaaffy is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Mareep. In this catalog that name is Mareep (#179). The card lists Ampharos, Ampharos (#181) under evolves to.

Flaaffy sits at 77/165 in Expedition Base Set, position 77 of 165. Before it is 76 Electabuzz, and after it is 78 Gloom. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on September 15, 2002. The printed size is 165, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Headbutt lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Thunder Jolt is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, Flaaffy does 20 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Flaaffy (#180) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Flaaffy 34/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Flaaffy list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Expedition Base Set set binder is where a full Expedition Base Set set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Flaaffy can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.